The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-08-25

that Church, No; 10 is either first OF sec
ond amid the denominations of Chrsten.
dom, her missionary stations in all parts
of the world, her men not only important
in religious trusts, but important also in
secular trusts. Church marching on, and
the more intolerance against it, the faster
il marched.
What did intolerance accomplish against
the Baptist Church, IL laughing, scorn
and TRADE could have destroyed the
Church, it would not have to-day disci-
pie left.
The Baptists were hurled out OF Boston
in olden times. Those who svmpathized
with them were confined, and when a petit.
tion was offered asking leniency in their
| behalf, all the men who signed it were in
dicted. Has intolerance stopped the Bap-
fist Church? The last statistics in regard
toit showed about thirty thousand churches
and tw enty-five hundred thousand com.
! municants. Intolerance never put down
any thing.
In England law was made against the
jew. England thrust back the jew and
thrust down the Jew, and declared that no
Jew should hold official position. What
came of it, Were the Jews destroyed?
Was their religion overthrown: No.
! Who became Prime Minister of En-
] Elallu wears ago W no was ntNI 10
the throne: Who was higher than the
throne because he was counselor and adj
! viSery The descendant of a jew. What
were we celebrating in all our churches as
well as synagogue a few years ago? The
one hundredth birthday anniversary Of
! Mouteiiore, the great Jewish philanthro-
/ pi>t. Intolerance never yet put down any
/ thing.
But now, my friends, having shown
| yen the origin of bigotry or sectarianiSm,
and having shown You the damage it
! does, want briefly to show you how we
1 are to war against this terrible evil, and
/ think we ought to begin our war 10y real.
| izing our own weakness and our imper.
/ feet ions. FIVE make so many mistakes i'll
| the common affairs of life, is it not pOsSi-
/ bic that We make mistakes in regard to
! our religious affairs: Shall we take man
| by the throat or by the collar because
/ he can not see religious truths just as we
/ do! In the light of eternity it will be
/ found, | think, there was something wrong
! in all our creedS, and something right in
| all our creedS. But since we may make
mistakes in regard to things of the world,
do not let us be egotiStic and so pulled up
! as to have an idea that we can not make
! any mistake in regard to religious theories.
anu 'Hrl 'h'hA We wa ''o S'e"' "ea'
70 1Ne''nlo" seC''' !" n.s''i l.p'h oul ii'', y
anu tue Ser'"' l"H'Nih lloi' tue Moild' ny
eu'enH eH'"' sung upon muse tii'i7' al
! which we differ.
Now, here is great gospel platform. A
man comes up OH 'hlS sue ol the Platlornl
anu SAYS; "oh "elIeNo III
napS Nl,IihA'Ih3' "h"li l shoFe MN on
mere j. man coming up On 'h'S
SiHe the palofhl' ana lie says
"oh ue,.eFt III 'he PerStH er"h ,,o
"l 'He sdiH'>' olaI SNOW MN On
NO. VIII say 10 you oeLe'e III the
l'ord Jesus ahu our saviour 20 you
trust III MN lor time ana ETERNITY ne
says, yes 10 GU '"he hIlS' LOT tune
ana LOT eternity res l say COME
on bro.n one III time anu one Ill eteI.
n!'P' plother now ulo'her forever
bIPsSeu De ',ou loF "oSPel PLATFORM 81
large 'hHt All WHO receive ChllsU may
| a'@iu va -
min We III" oNei III y" INC '''.i
iisi, anu piSo'ts III V!i neai ",
anu III Tue ui'u "iS0' ~ ie'IIN'H7 'H"U
an ',o '0" III" ioi.o "a : u, H''0
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| - - y ~ ~ ny -
| =, =,
'0D,i' 'Ia4, anu "u A"o4'l' am 1u''HWh'
"not nel icIueu a" -" 'iiieI 'n'l -h'i' me-
announcer Nle'"eu "onn N'nlcy anu 'he
oieSeeu summer ntl'l, "i'Ie va y"
| ueloihliI" ''ollS leIueu 'onli hHoA anu 'no
| AleAaHueI s-Hltn VI hoii tlo "oiIu was
| hot "oi'hE' 'o"' say Il VIZ are hohea'
an" la'f-Aiiilue" men, "heh we come up III
the presence Oh Sueh chuFcheS ana SuGn ue'
! holIllhati IONS, although 'neS may ue uIhe'-
emu from our OWL we ought 10 admire tneii'
| ana we ought 10 rove anu nohoF tneih
| OhurcheS Whlch produce Such men, .'ha
| Sucu laGGt-htdFteu charltS' ana SucH mag
| innocent martYfHoih, ought I" win our All &C.
| tl"h-at any late our respect 90 come "h
| Se 4"'''Vo EPia'"l'dlIahH III inns 'Ou'i'N ,
am" we ""'ooo itHhy te'iasS' anu -'''"'
! "o haptlsts, ana We "'"''"'V MethouIsis-
| come ON, shoulder TO shoulder We VIII
haFch Tor the world c"nqueSt' LOT an
NATIONS are 10 De saved ana Ioa delhahuH
| that you ana heIp 40 IT, foi"aIu' 'he
whole llht.
Moreover, we may also overthrow the
| feeling of severe Sectarianiam by joining
| other denominations in Christian Work.
| like when the spring time comes and the
| anniversary occasions begin ana all denoHl'
nations come upon the same platform.
That overthrowS sectariauSm. In the
| Young Mems Christian Association, IN the
| Bible Society, IN the Tract Society, III the
Foreign Missionary Society, shoulder 10
shoulder all denominations. Perhaps |
miGht more torclblY Illustrate this truth